Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL vs. Sony Alpha6000 ILCE-6000Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm

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In depth comparison and review of Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL and Sony Alpha6000 ILCE-6000Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm. Compare design, sensors, proximity features, memory capacities and other important specifications and features to easily choose the right camera for you. Our goal is to help you uncover differences between the products and find the digital camera that will best fit your needs.

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Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL vs. Sony Alpha6000 ILCE-6000Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Sony Alpha6000 ILCE-6000Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Product Type Digital camera - 1080p - SLR with Live View mode, movie recording Digital camera - mirrorless system
Lens Included DA L 18-55mm AL lens 16-50mm and 55-210mm lenses
Height 9.65 cm 6.69 cm
Width 12.9 cm 12 cm
Depth 7 cm 4.51 cm
Weight 590 g 285 g
Body Material Stainless steel, fibre reinforced polycarbonate -
Enclosure Colour Black Black
Protection Dust-resistant -
Digital Zoom - 4x
Optical Zoom 3x 3x
SENSOR Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Sony Alpha6000 ILCE-6000Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Sensor Resolution 16.3 Megapixel 24.3 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CMOS Exmor APS HD CMOS
Total Pixels 16,500,000 pixels 24,700,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 16,300,000 pixels 24,300,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size APS-C (23.7 x 15.7 mm) APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm)
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Yes
Sensor Features Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration), Special Protect (SP) coating Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration), Anti-Dust coating
Image Stabiliser Optical (image sensor shift mechanism) Optical (Steady Shot)
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser Yes -
PROCESSOR Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Sony Alpha6000 ILCE-6000Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Image Processor PRIME M BIONZ X
LENS Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Sony Alpha6000 ILCE-6000Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Type Zoom lens - 3x zoom - 18 - 55 mm - f/3.5-5.6 DA L AL Pentax KAF - zoom Zoom lens - 3x zoom - 16 - 50 mm - f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 27 - 82.5mm 24 - 75mm
Focus Adjustment Automatic, manual Automatic, manual
Min Focus Distance 25 cm 25 cm
Max View Angle 76 degree(s) 83 degree(s)
Zoom Adjustment Manual Manual (by ring), motorised drive
Lens Construction 8 groups / 11 elements 8 groups / 9 elements
Filter Size 52 mm 40.5 mm
Lens Mounting Type Pentax KAF2 Sony E-mount
Features Aspherical lens ED glass, aspherical lens, Lens Barrel Retraction Function
SECOND LENS
Type - Telephoto zoom lens - 3.8x zoom - 55 - 210 mm - f/4.5-6.3
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera - 82.5 - 315mm
Focus Adjustment - Automatic, manual
Min Focus Distance - 1 m
Lens Construction - 9 groups / 13 elements
Filter Size - 49 mm
Features - ED glass
FOCUSING Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Sony Alpha6000 ILCE-6000Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Auto Focus TTL contrast and phase detection TTL contrast and phase detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 11 179
Auto Focus Features Focus Peaking function Predictive Focus Control
AE/AF Control Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF Eye detection AF, Predictive AI Servo AF
Face Detection Yes Eye Detect AF, Smile Shutter
VIEWFINDER Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Sony Alpha6000 ILCE-6000Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Viewfinder Type Optical - fixed eye-level pentaprism Electronic - OLED
Viewfinder Colour Support - Colour
Viewfinder Diagonal Size - 0.39"
Viewfinder Resolution - 1,440,000 pixels
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage 100% -
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 0.92x 1.07x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -2.5 to +1.5 -4 to +3
Field of View Crop Factor - 1.5
Interchangeable Focusing Screens Yes -
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Sony Alpha6000 ILCE-6000Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
ISO (Max) 51200 25600
Native ISO - 100-25600
Light Sensitivity ISO 100-51200, ISO auto (100-51200) ISO auto (100-25600), ISO 100 - 25600
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot
Exposure Metering Zones 77 1200
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority, ISO priority, shutter & aperture priority Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Shooting Programs Landscape, portrait mode, macro, museum, surf & snow, PET, Blue Sky, food, night scene, sunset, candle, night snapshot, night scene with portrait, kids, Stage, night scene HDR, moving object, forest, backlight silhouette Landscape, portrait mode, macro, night portrait, night scene, sports mode, sunset, handheld twilight, anti-motion blur
Special Effects Soft, Slim, Pastel, Colour, fisheye, natural, bright, Vibrant, Sketch, monochrome, Muted, landscape, portrait, Water Colour, miniature, Cross Process, Retro, Colour Extract, Toy camera, starburst, High contrast, Colour Invert, Bleach Bypass, Posterisation, Radiant, Reversal Film, Shading, Tone Expansion Black & White, Sepia, Neutral, Vivid, sunset, soft focus, illustration, landscape, portrait, Water Colour, miniature, clear, deep, light, autumn leaves, Retro, partial colour, Toy camera, Posterisation, High contrast monochrome, Pop Colour, HDR Painting, Rich-tone monochrome, Soft High-key, Night Scene
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (warm white), fluorescent light (daylight white) Incandescent, cloudy, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (warm white), 2500K - 9900K, fluorescent light (daylight white)
Shutter Type - Electronic
Max Shutter Speed 1/6000 sec 1/4000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 30 sec 30 sec
Exposure Compensation ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing 3 steps in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps 3 or 5 steps
White Balance Bracketing - Yes
X-sync Speed 1/180 sec 1/160 sec
Exposure Range EV 0-22 (ISO 100) EV 0-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Sony Alpha6000 ILCE-6000Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Type 3" LCD display 3" LCD display
Display Format 921,000 pixels 921,600 pixels
Display Form Factor Built-in Folding
Display Features Display brightness control, display colour control Contrast control, display brightness control
FLASH Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Sony Alpha6000 ILCE-6000Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Camera Flash Pop-up flash Pop-up flash
Guide Number (m / ISO 100) 12 6
Flash Modes Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction, P-TTL Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction
Red-Eye Reduction Yes Yes
Features AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation, wireless off-camera control AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Sony Alpha6000 ILCE-6000Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Digital Video Format H.264 AVCHD, H.264
Image Recording Format JPEG, DNG (RAW) + JPEG, DNG (RAW) JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1080
Surround Sound - Dolby Digital AC-3 (2 channel) recording
Microphone Operation Mode Mono Stereo
Microphone Features Sensitivity control -
MEMORY Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Sony Alpha6000 ILCE-6000Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Memory Card Slot SD card Memory Stick PRO Duo card, SD card
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card SD Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO Duo, SDXC Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo HX, SDHC Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, Memory Stick XC-HG Duo
Memory Card 8 GB SDHC -
Image Storage RAW 4928 x 3264
JPEG 4928 x 3264
JPEG 4224 x 2816
JPEG 3456 x 2304
JPEG 2688 x 1792
6000 x 4000
6000 x 3376
4240 x 2832
4240 x 2400
3008 x 2000
3008 x 1688
Video Capture H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 30 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 25 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 24 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 60 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 50 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 30 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 25 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 24 fps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 30 fps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 25 fps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 24 fps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 50 fps - 28Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 50 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 50 fps - 17Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 25 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 - 25 fps - 17Mbps
H.264 - 1440 x 1080 - 30 fps - 12Mbps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 30 fps - 3Mbps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Sony Alpha6000 ILCE-6000Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Battery Type Pentax D-Li109 Lithium Ion Sony NP-FW50 Lithium Ion
Details Pentax D-Li109 Li-ion rechargeable battery (included) Sony NP-FW50 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1080 mAh (included)
Battery Life Photo shooting - 480 shots (D-LI109 battery)
Photo shooting - 1250 shots (lithium AA batteries)
Playback - 4.5 hours (D-LI109 battery)
Playback - 9.3 hours (lithium AA batteries)
Photo shooting - 310 shots (EVF on)
Photo shooting - 360 shots (LCD Monitor on)
CONNECTIONS Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Sony Alpha6000 ILCE-6000Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Interface Composite video/audio, USB 2.0 HDMI, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, NFC (Near Field Communication)
Connectivity Features - Remote control via mobile devices, remote live view
Print Standard DPOF support, PRINT Image Matching DPOF support, Exif Print support, PRINT Image Matching
Flash Terminal Hot shoe Hot shoe
Connector Type USB 2.0
Composite video/audio output
USB 2.0
HDMI output
FEATURES Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Sony Alpha6000 ILCE-6000Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Self-Timer Delay 2sec, 12sec 10 sec, 2sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 3 frames per second, 6 frames per second 2.5 frames per second, 6 frames per second, 11 frames per second
HDR Mode - Auto HDR mode
Additional Features RGB primary colour filter, depth-of-field preview button, histogram display, cropping an image, resizing an image, shadow point display, interval shooting mode, highlight point display, in-camera film editing, Dynamic Range Adjustment, in-camera RAW processing, Chromatic Aberration Compensation (CAC), HDR image enhancement technology, Eye-Fi Card Ready, NR Slow Shutter, High ISO NR, Lens Distortion Correction, SR (Shake Reduction) Built-in speaker, RGB primary colour filter, sharpness control, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock, saturation control, Sweep Panorama technology, Dynamic Range Optimizer, face detection, USB charging, built-in help guide, 25p Cinema Mode, peripheral illumination correction, Dolby Digital Stereo Creator, Chromatic Aberration Compensation (CAC), Anti-motion Blur Mode, Multi-Frame Noise Reduction, Intelligent AUTO (iAUTO), Eye-Fi Card Ready, High ISO NR, Superior Auto mode, noise reduction over long exposures, Lens Distortion Correction, PlayMemories Camera Apps support, BRAVIA Sync function, PhotoTV HD
OTHERS Pentax K-500 + DA L 18-55mm AL Sony Alpha6000 ILCE-6000Y + 16-50mm and 55-210mm
Included Accessories Battery charger, dust cap, body cap, lens cap, carrying case, shoulder strap, USB cable, eyecup, shoe cap Lens hood, dust cap, body cap, lens cap, shoulder strap, AC power adaptor, eyecup, micro-USB cable
Software Drivers & Utilities, SILKYPIX Developer Studio 3.0 Sony PlayMemories Home, Sony Image Data Converter 4.0
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature -10 °C 0 °C
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